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Japan’s lower house election later this year is seen as a chance to address the gender gap in the country’s political representation. But even though a law aims to boost the number of female candidates, some parties haven’t set targets for the proportion of women they plan to support in the upcoming poll.
Japan’s poor record on gender equality was highlighted in this year’s World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report. The country is ranked 147 out of 156 for women’s political empowerment. According to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, just 9.9 percent of the Diet’s lower house members are female, well below the 25.5 percent global average.
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s government is in “no rush” to implement a proposed ban on the wearing of burqas and the closure of over 1,000 Islamic schools, Cabinet Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said on Tuesday, adding that it was a serious decision that required “consensus and consultations.”
“It will be implemented with a consensus and consultations with Muslim organizations and leaders. We won’t rush through the proposal, since it is a serious issue,” Rambukwella said.
His remarks came a day after Pakistan’s envoy to Colombo Saad Khattak criticized the island nation’s move to ban the burqa an outer garment worn by some Muslim women to cover the body and face saying it was a “divisive” step impacting Muslims in Sri Lanka and across the globe.
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The pandemic has caused huge revenue shortfalls in state budgets across the Mountain West and the country, renewing heated debates over taxes. That s true in Wyoming, too, though one tax issue before lawmakers is still something that, you know, gets whispered about.
So says Jen Simon, and she s talking about periods. Simon is with the Wyoming Women s Action Network, and she says cultural stigma prevents important public policy discussions around, for example, the affordability of feminine hygiene products. If you can t actually afford products, you might not go to school on those days, so you might miss out on part of your education, she says. You might not be able to go to work on those days, so you might work to miss out on income. And it s really incredibly problematic.